Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 11 2010:
The Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Karbi Along District Committee (MSP-KADC) and Karbi Along Manipuri Cultural Association (KAMCA) are going to observe Patriots Day this year too on August 13, at the Manipur Cultural Hall, Diphu.
A press release issued by president of MSP-KADC, T Chandrakumar stated that the function will be graced by Sai Ding-e, Chairman, Peoples' Alliance for Peace Agreement (PAPA), Karbi Along and RK Jugendrajit, President, KAMCA as Chief Guest and President of the function respectively.
The day is being observed as Patriots' Day in Manipur and adjoining states to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of Yubraj Tikendrajit and Thangal general who were hanged unto death by the British on that fateful day 119 yeas ago, this was after the defeat of the forces of the Manipur King Kulachandra at the hands of the British at the Angolo-Manipuri war, 1891.The day also remembered for those 150 warriors hero who died in the war against the British and those three warrior heroes who were hanged in the jail premises and also those 22 warriors who were given life imprisonment and exiled, it further stated.